Poland

Poland's draft AI Act implementation bill was approved by the Standing Committee in February 2026, proposing KRiBSI as sole MSA and SPOC with a 278 million PLN 10-year budget — one of the largest national AI enforcement budgets committed in Central Europe

Tens of thousands of Polish companies face AI Act compliance pressure not through KRiBSI but through their German clients, parent companies, and OEM customers — the contractual enforcement channel through which DACH supply chain requirements are already arriving before domestic enforcement exists

Poland's unique binding individual opinions mechanism would allow companies to request formal regulatory interpretations on AI Act compliance — a significant legal certainty tool not available in most EU jurisdictions

As the EU's sixth-largest economy with 38 million people and a major manufacturing and business services base, Poland represents one of the largest addressable AI compliance markets in Central and Eastern Europe

Poland's AI startup ecosystem — concentrated in Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław — has grown rapidly, with significant AI applications in banking, insurance, HR tech, and e-commerce that carry direct Annex III high-risk exposure

The absence of formal authority designation as of April 2026 leaves Polish businesses in a regulatory grey zone on enforcement procedures, despite the EU AI Act being directly applicable — the gap between legislative intent and operational enforcement capacity is Poland's primary compliance risk